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General discussion forum / A TRULY remote setup (instructions for 3G)

« on: 2010-10-03, 04:22:40 »

The below will require you to have a working understanding of networking... or at the very least the time and energy necessary to do some "googling."

What you'll need to do in three simplified steps (perform only AFTER your Remoterig system is already 100% working on your LAN).

A) tether your internet connection from your cell phone to your laptop.
B) share your laptop's Ethernet connection with a properly configured router.
C) take your properly configured router and hook up the Remoterig Client to it (now configure the Remoterig Client).

By the time you get around to the above three steps, you ought to have an idea of what your cell phone provider charges for tethering, so proceed at your own risk!

As an aside, I also use remote access to keep tabs on everything should the need arise for me to correct something on the Host side.

Best Wishes!

73, Matt - K0BUB

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General discussion forum / Running Remoterig over a 3G network... Here's what I have!

« on: 2010-10-01, 23:38:12 »

I am using a droid compatible phone with froyo 2.1, tethered using pdanet (droid app), the phone's USB cord, a Mac laptop (and the pdanet download for Mac), and another Mac for testing purposes.

I have verified that I have internet working on my laptop and on the other Mac via my laptop's usb cord and sharing internet from ethernet adapter (en4) to ethernet (under system preferences and sharing).

Okay, so... when i go to speedtest.net on my mac (which is where i intend to assign an ip address to one of the Remnoterig's), I get a TOTALLY different IP address than when I check the phone's IP address via Network Preferences (on the same laptop)!

The crux of my problem is in determining how to correctly assign the IP address, netmask, and gateway (dns obviously comes later).

i would really like to get Remoterig working via the tethering option on my droid compatible phone, knowing that port assignments are the next animal to deal with!

thank you!

73, Matt - K0BUB

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General discussion forum / Re: Difficulties with my setup. Please help!

« on: 2010-09-30, 03:21:04 »

Thanks for everyone's help!

73, Matt - K0BUB

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General discussion forum / Alternative Port Assignments for the Remoterig

« on: 2010-09-30, 03:20:00 »

With regards to the Remoterig, I am concerned about assigning ports to it that my ISP is likely to NOT have blocked.

SIP seems to be the big one I'm tackling at present!

I am interested to learn of your varied experiences with assigning ports to the Remoterig.

Please email me (k0bub@arrl.net) or respond here in the forum.

Thank you!

73, Matt - K0BUB

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General discussion forum / Some experiences with Remoterig...

« on: 2010-09-30, 03:07:20 »

This item is a wonderful item for the amateur operator who has antenna restrictions and/or for someone who travels.

Now, having said that... I am going to discuss some experiences with the 1258 mkii model (original version -- as there was an updated 1258 mkii version released just a few days ago).

To begin with... What Remoterig does well:

What it says it does it will do, and it will do it well (from where I sit)!  And, that's really what it boils down to for me.

A product that does what it says is extremely important (especially for a new product), as well as a product that promises the user the kinds of enhancements they will use and enjoy!

Some things that I feel would be beneficial to many users:

For me, I would appreciate the ability to select from profile settings for the various places I go (in the event you too return to the same places again as i do).

Also, I think a section of photographs for settings outside one's LAN would be nice.  For some (mainly the technologically challenged, which is easily me at times), this might just be the glue that binds the entire project together!

As well, I would give serious consideration to finding a way to make this work without port forwarding.  It has been well documented that turning on DMZ is really not required.  But, how about forwarding the ports that I have found to be required?

And, those are ports 12000... 11000... and port 5060.

All in all, though... as I said this is a "wonderful item," and I have many great things to say about it on the local 2 meter repeater.

Good work Mike!

73, Matt - K0BUB

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General discussion forum / Re: Difficulties with my setup. Please help!

« on: 2010-09-30, 02:27:04 »

My setup is working very well in nearly every situation, and I am writing a review of my experiences in another thread!

73, Matt - K0BUB

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General discussion forum / Re: Difficulties with my setup. Please help!

« on: 2010-09-22, 04:43:27 »

Mike is helping me work through my Remote Rig setup.

Below is my most recent email to Mike... perhaps some of you have ideas on what may be causing me to have problems outside my LAN as everything is working 100% inside it.

I'm beginning to gain a greater understanding of how all of this "works," and am looking forward to having the Remote Rig system fully functional outside my LAN in the very near future.

Thanks!

---

Mikael,

I have the system working 100% on my LAN, the very first time (and every time) i connect it... but I have it working only some of the time when connected to my test Internet network.

On this test Internet network, I have full control of the router, and the IP address is static.

It was working for two hours straight on the test Internet network, and that is the longest it has worked outside of my LAN.

This test Internet network is the only one I've tried, and so now, I am wondering what you would advise as it only works intermittently there.

To refresh you with my situation... I have the Radio RRC connected via the serial port of the TS-2000, and am using the RC-2000 on the Control RRC via TTL.

I have spent a lot of time attempting to work this out on my own, and am now back to asking you for help.

Thank you for your help!

Matt

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General discussion forum / Re: Difficulties with my setup. Please help!

« on: 2010-09-20, 09:38:06 »

In appears that the boards may be switched around in these particular units.

I am just now figuring the following out:

The unit labeled "Control" / with the CW dial is registering as the control unit (and has an IP address of .227).

The IP for the unit labeled "Radio" / without the dial is .228.

I have performed a hard reset of the units a couple of times.  Obviously, I am doing something wrong.

I have perused the website, manual, this forum; and have spent many, many hours in trying to figure out the remoterig.

Finally, I'm not finding much by way on the Internet on how to do a screen dump...

Thanks again for your help!

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General discussion forum / Re: Difficulties with my setup. Please help!

« on: 2010-09-19, 04:45:05 »

I've done everything you've suggested, and the RC-2000 will not turn on.  We checked it from the distributor on the TS-2000, and it powers up in that configuration.

Another thing I wanted to mention is that the IP address for the control box is .227 rather than .228.

I even went so far as to change the IP addresses systematically via the PC utility, but nothing.

Any ideas?  I also read that the ports do not need to be configured if DMZ is turned on... Will I want DMZ to sync with the control ip or the radio ip, and how about the port configuration... is that even necessary for LAN work?

Many Thanks!

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General discussion forum / Difficulties with my setup. Please help!

« on: 2010-09-18, 19:50:08 »

I have perused this website, as well as the forum... and I am unsure about a few things regarding my setup.

First off, I cannot make things work within my network, so I am led to believe that it will not work over the internet, but cannot be 100% sure of that.

I have a TS-2000, and everything is setup according to how RemoteRig says to.

The web interfaces do work, their IP addresses are .227 and .228.

I'm thinking of all the information you would need to assist me, so I will also note that I have a dsl connection under Qwest and an Airport Extreme.

I have signed up with DynDNS, and plugged the info into the area on the Control unit, as well as into my Airport Extreme.  And, this part seems to be working accordingly...

I have also toyed with my Qwest Modem/Router, and I'm still getting nothing.

Finally, I've never been able to see the radio as switched on on the Control side, which is a problem as I've been turning it on quite frequently to check the system.

My Gateway and DNS Server (please forgive my ignorance) are the same as my Qwest Modem/Router.

I may need a detailed step-by-step.

Thanks for your help!